''Coleosporium tussilaginis'' is a species of

rust fungus Rusts are plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi of the order Pucciniales (previously known as Uredinales). An estimated 168 rust genera and approximately 7,000 species, more than half of which belong to the genus ''Puccinia'', are currently a ...

in the family

Coleosporiaceae The Coleosporiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contains 6 genera and 131 species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as we ...

. It is a plant pathogen. It is known to infect ''

Campanula rotundifolia ''Campanula rotundifolia'', the harebell, Scottish bluebell, or bluebell of Scotland, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. This herbaceous perennial is found throughout the temperate regions of the northern hemi ...

'', on which it produces

urediniospore Urediniospores (or uredospores) are thin-walled spores produced by the uredium, a stage in the life-cycle of rusts. Development ''Urediniospores'' develop in the uredium, generally on a leaf's under surface. Morphology *Urediniospores usually ha ...

s and teliospores.

References

Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Pucciniales Fungi described in 1801 Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon {{plant-disease-stub